Low Socioeconomic Households are Vulnerable to Stunting: Structural Equation Model Analysis

Background: stunting is still a problem at the global level. It is estimated 22.2% or 150.8 million of childrenunder five suffering from stunting in 2017. Indonesia is the fourth country with the highest prevalenceof stunting in the world (30,8% in 2019). This study is intended to see the structural equation model ofdeterminant stunting of children under two years in Indonesia in 2010 by using data from Indonesia’sBasic Health Research 2010. Method: we used Structural Equation Model as analysis technique. Stuntingdeterminants that have direct path to the stunting are indicators of care (breastfeeding), food intake (maternaliron tablets, vitamin A in mother and child) and the socio-economic indicators (location of residence,family size, expenditure per capita, maternal education and healthy house). Results: the result showed thatsocioeconomic variable was statistically significant related to stunting with mother’s education level andhousehold expenditure per capita as strong indicators to predict household socioeconomic. The regressionequation of stunting is -0.18 socioeconomic. Conclusion: socioeconomic has negative effect towardstunting. Stunting was more likely occurred in low socioeconomic household.